diff --git a/base/requirements.txt b/base/requirements.txt
index b0b2efc135..e268f6c669 100644
--- a/base/requirements.txt
+++ b/base/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 python-dateutil==2.8.0
+setuptools<50.0.0
 git+https://github.com/confluentinc/confluent-docker-utils@v0.0.39